11.   Fighting between renegade soldiers and government troops raged in the capital of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday while foreigners were evacuated by ship from the West African nation.

12.   Fighting has escalated to include forces from two West African neighbors, including Senegalese rebels apparently linked to the Guinea-Bissau renegade soldiers.

13.   Guinea-Bissau has been wracked with scattered fighting between government troops and renegade soldiers who launched a coup attempt on Sunday, prompting an exodus by water and land.

14.   Hundreds of foreigners prepared to flee the West African country of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday as government forces prepared to crush a rebellion led by renegade soldiers, officials said.

15.   In one case on Monday, he said, a helicopter loaded with renegade soldiers and their stolen loot crashed, killing all its occupants.

16.   It was unclear whether the attackers were bandits, renegade soldiers or Khmer Rouge guerrillas.

17.   Locations there will substitute for the steppes and railways of Russia, where a renegade soldier steals nuclear materials to threaten the world.

18.   Often the weapons fall into the hands of terrorists, drug cartels and even renegade soldiers.

19.   One renegade soldier, still wearing his army boots and pants, tried to estimate the amount of ammunition and arms were taken from the Vlora barracks.

20.   Renegade soldiers fighting to dislodge President Joao Bernardo Vieira vowed to retaliate.